---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in particular rights and immunities, providing for a cause of action on protected public expression and for immunity for protected public expression; and imposing a duty upon the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts and the Legislative Reference Bureau."
description: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in particular rights and immunities, providing for a cause of action on protected public expression and for immunity for protected public expression; and imposing a duty upon the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts and the Legislative Reference Bureau."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1466"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1466 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan Bizzarro"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10a37090-8929-4998-98bd-8825b751aee2"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=877&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "8b809d6cc6947c974b6e1dbe7c18d54869e23e477f7e21a6909aa8f42dc12e89"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
---

# Pennsylvania HB 1466 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in particular rights and immunities, providing for a cause of action on protected public expression and for immunity for protected public expression; and imposing a duty upon the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts and the Legislative Reference Bureau.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendment A02281** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02281)
2. **House Amendment A05420** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A05420)
3. **Printer's No. PN1650** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1466/PN1650)
4. **Printer's No. PN3487** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1466/PN3487)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed — **24–1** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TO APPEAL RULING OF THE CHAIR — **102–101** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ryan Bizzarro — primary (person)
- Amen Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Danielle Friel Otten — cosponsor (person)
- Danilo Burgos — cosponsor (person)
- Darisha K. Parker — cosponsor (person)
- David Delloso — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Kinkead — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Jared Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Fleming — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Borowski — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
- Marylouise Isaacson — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Cerrato — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Shusterman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Pisciottano — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Gallagher — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Takac — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lee James — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Innamorato — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Briggs — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Amended on third consideration `amendment-passage`
- **2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 72 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10a37090-8929-4998-98bd-8825b751aee2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).